Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy well
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Anns Well
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Annes Well
- Coordinates
- 53.37194, -6.16788
- SMR number
- DU019-012----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
St. Anne's Well in the parish of Raheny is a natural spring well is situated at the base of a ridge in St. Anne's Park. It has an elaborate rustic covering with a stone-lined access way. Formerly of some repute. No longer venerated (Ó Danachair 1958, 78).
See attached photo (02) taken by Caoimhín Ó Danachair, courtesy of and © National Folklore Collection, UCD. The Photographic Collection, F024.06.00002 accessible online at https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/16605.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 19 April 2023
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1958 The holy wells of county Dublin. Reportorium Novum 2, 68-87; 2, No. 2 The holy wells of County Dublin: A supplementary list, 233-5.
Nearby in the register
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- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.